Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Alternative combination: Clavatula californica

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1855. Report Of Mr. T. A. Conrad On The Fossil Shells Collected In California By Wm. P. Blake, Geologist Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers. Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California. under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, In 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of WIlliam P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology 5-21

Belongs to Clavilithes according to F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna 1925

See also Conrad 1855, Gabb 1864, Squires 1984 and Stewart 1927

Sister taxa: Clavilithes (Clavilithes), Clavilithes (Cosmolithes), Clavilithes (Rhopalites), Clavilithes arakanensis, Clavilithes atahuallpai, Clavilithes burtti, Clavilithes cossmanni, Clavilithes dameriacensis, Clavilithes hagni, Clavilithes harrisi, Clavilithes harrisii, Clavilithes hubbardanus, Clavilithes incertus, Clavilithes inopinatus, Clavilithes lagunitensis, Clavilithes leilanensis, Clavilithes noae, Clavilithes noetlingi, Clavilithes pacificus, Clavilithes parisiensis, Clavilithes peruvianus, Clavilithes pozoensis, Clavilithes songoensis, Clavilithes tabulatus, Clavilithes tjaringinensis, Clavilithes tjidamarensis, Clavilithes woodringi, Rhopalithes bolivarensis, Clavilithes (Rhopalithes) superbus, Clavilithes (Rhopalithes) toyei, Austrolithes incompositus, Austrolithes tateanus, Austrolithes bulbodes

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon (Eocene of California)

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